Forget all the lost summer music events and spend an hour with this special HOT Summer Mix from Mr. OK Jazz! Soul, Funk, Jazz, Samba, MPB, Rai, Cumbia, Minyo, Soukous & Reggae, great tunes from around the globe, perfect for a hot summer's night!
OKJ is back on Halloween with some creepy classics, new music from Estonia, the US and Brazil, a monster groove from 1970s West Africa, & more! Lana Del Rey – ‘Text Book’, album Blue Banisters (USA) Wayne Shorter – ‘Witch Hunt’, album Speak No Evil (USA) Irreversible Entanglements – ‘Lagrimas Del Mar’, album Open The Gates (USA) Thiago Franca – ‘Hasta La Cumbia’, album A Espetacular Charanga do Franca (Brazil) Super Mama Djombo – ‘Mortos Nega’ (Guinea Bissau)...
Having trouble sleeping during these stressful times? Pour out a drink, close your eyes and listen to this selection of Mr. OK Jazz's favourite late night tunes.
New music from Sven Wunder's new album 'Wabi-Sabi', the Saigon Soul Review, a deep Reggae cut from Trojan Records, some spacey Sun Ra and more!
On today's episode, Mr. OK Jazz is very excited about discovering Joropo music from Colombia. There's also music from the wonderful Tony Allen and Hugh Masakela collaboration released in March this year, new jazz from the Majamisty Trio in Serbia, and a monster jam from the great Israel 'Cachao' Lopez. Also one track from the legendary Radio Tarifa's debut album, just reissued this year.
New jazz from Europe & the US, a mini-tour of African deep cuts and classics in Mali, Nigeria, Congo & Angola, DJ Otsuka Remix-Single, funky soul from Los Angeles & more! Rachid Taha – ‘Ya Rayah’, album Rachid Taha (Algeria/France) Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band – ‘The Joker’, album Express Yourself: The Best Of Charles Wright (USA) Mark de Clive Lowe – ‘Thanks Given’, album Midnight Snacks (USA/NZ) World Expansion – ‘Meeting Point’, album World Expansion...
The OK Jazz Podcast returns with a brand new episode, featuring new music from Turkey, Japan, France and Mali, also Reggae legend Toots Hibbert, a deep Marvin Gaye cut, Jazz anniversaries and more!
2020 has been a tough year, and we're not over it yet. But we always have music to make things just a little bit better so for today's episode, sit back and enjoy great new releases by Gary Bartz & Maisha, Makaya McCraven, some incredible South African Jazz on a new reissue of Dudu Pukwana & The Spears, some very wild Rock/Gamelan fusion from Indonesia, the start or Mr. OK Jazz' 'Summer of Samba' and lots more.
In 1998 in Tokyo the DJ event [SEARCHING] started, inspired by the rare groove collections of worldwide DJ's. The 45's in this mix were chosen as a representation of the 45 DJ culture in Japan that developed since the 1990's.
DoitJAZZ! in Kyoto Is a long running event run by DJs Kazuhiro Inoue, Masaki Tamura and Naoki Yoda. For this mix they are sharing sounds from across the club, world and jazz spectrum, including Inoue-san selecting the free flowing vibes of Joe McPhee and Sun Ra, Tamura-san introducing some Japanese jazz from Masaru Imada and Masahiko Sato, and Yoda-san sharing some recent acts like Jimi Tenor & Kabukabu and The Stepkids.